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. 2010 Dec 3;8:149. doi: 10.1186/1477-7827-8-149

Table 2.

Frequency of sperm forms by MSOME classification according to hyaluronic acid (HA)bound test

Sperm form by MSOME HA-bound Spermatozoa
n = 5.579
HA-unbound Spermatozoa
n = 11.013
P
Normal spermatozoa
n (range) 151 (0-23) 280 (0-22) 0.56
% (range) 2.7 ± 3.8% (0%-12.9%) 2.6 ± 2.6% (0%-11%)
Large/small spermatozoa
n (range) 86 (0-11) 182 (0-14) 0.63
% (range) (1.5 ± 2.2%) (0%-10.5%) (1.7 ± 1.8%) (0%-7.4%)
wide/narrow spermatozoa
n (range) 173 (0-16) 295 (0-16) 0.13
% (range) (3.1 ± 3.5%) (0%-19.3%) (2.8 ± 2.4%) (0%-13%)
spermatozoa with regional disorder
n (range) 263 (0-25) 482 (0-31) 0.34
% (range) (4.7 ± 5.1%) (0%-12.5%) (4.3 ± 2.8%) (0%-15.5%)
spermatozoa with vacuoles occupying >4%-50% of the nuclear area
n (range) 4029 (0-153) 7981 (0-153) 0.74
% (range) (72.5 ± 11.0%) (0%-89.1%) (72.0 ± 10.30%) (0%-87%)
spermatozoa with vacuoles occupying >50% of the nuclear area
n (range) 877 (0-65) 1793 (0-136) 0.36
% (range) (15.6 ± 10.8%) (0%-40.6%) (16.5 ± 10.7%) (0-68%)